David Potter is the Associate Professor and Coordinator of Music Education at the University of Wisconsin-Superior, where he serves as founder, director, and teacher of early childhood classes at the University of Wisconsin-Superior Community Music School, and teaches university courses focusing on elementary/secondary general music, ear training, and songwriting. He received his B.M. in music education from the Eastman School of Music, where he studied with Christopher Azzara and Richard Grunow. He also received an M.M. in music education from the Crane School of Music and a PhD in music education from Michigan State University, where he studied with Cynthia Crump Taggart. As a UWS faculty member, he received the Community Engagement Award and the Rising Star Award. Prior to teaching at UWS, he taught courses in songwriting and methods and materials of elementary music at MSU and received the David J. Teachout Graduate Student Scholarship from the Society for Music Teacher Education. He has taught elementary and early childhood music in New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Michigan, and Wisconsin. In 2016, he received the Tennessee Music Education Association Outstanding Young Music Educator Award.

Potter’s work has been published in Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, Arts Education Policy Review, and numerous state and regional music education journals. He has served as president of the Wisconsin Society for Music Teacher Education, on the editorial board for Arts Education Policy Review, and as an active member of the Gordon Institute for Music Learning. He is also an active clinician and presenter.